Events

Events

Dec. 20, 2013 – Jun. 22, 2014

Bring the special girl in your life to Girls Learning Code
and create a website together!

This workshop experience offers girls the opportunity to
learn how to use creativity to build an online web presence.

Girls will learn HTML and CSS basics by hacking pre-existing
text, links, images, and videos on various templates, and
then use their skills to create their very own fun business
website from… Read more…

The Graphics, Animation and New Media Network of Centres of
Excellence (“GRAND”) is pleased to hold a workshop at
the University of Alberta on April 7, 2014 on the general
theme of advances in game development technologies, game
design, etc., and will include presentations from agencies
and organizations providing funding to startups and SMEs and
general support to the graphics, animation and game
development community.

Startup Edmonton has partnered with the national
DAIR/projects/cloud-resources/dair/ (Digital Accelerator for
Innovation and Research) program, which gives entrepreneurs
access to free cloud computing services for up to one year
while they test their products. Cybera is also providing
free cloud to Alberta makers, researchers and developers
through the Rapid Access Cloud/projects/cloud-resources/rapid-access-cloud/ pilot.

Designed for Higher Education IT Staff and Management
Professionals at B.C.’s Colleges, Universities and
Institutes

This year, the BCNET Conference will be bigger and better
than ever. We aim to bring together higher education
information technology professionals, including staff,
management and executives, to improve learning, sharing,
collaboration and productivity across the entire sector. No
matter what your role is, our integrated program will
provide you with ways to enrich… Read more…

AccelerateAB is an annual two-day celebration of
entrepreneurship and tech startups in Alberta. Programming
focuses on helping bold entrepreneurs set high growth
trajectory, gain traction, and build momentum as they go
from startup to scale.

Produced in partnership with the C100, A100, VCAA and
Startup Edmonton, AccelerateAB brings world-class
entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and thought leaders
from around the world to share their experience and
insights.

Join TEC Edmonton at our signature event as we celebrate the
innovative and entrepreneurial participants of the 12th
Annual TEC VenturePrize Business Plan Competition. It’s a
great night, and a fantastic opportunity to connect with the
Innovation Community.

Highlights

Winners of the VenturePrize Fast Growth and Alberta Student
Business Plan competitions will be announced at this event.
The three Fast Growth finalists are: Belgravia Tech Inc.,
Tactalis and Localize… Read more…

The Innovator’s Toolkit is a six-part series running every
Wednesday morning from June 4 – July 9, 2014. Designed to
provide Technology Innovators with a toolkit for business
success, this program is ideal for early stage technology
entrepreneurs from concept to early revenue. This series is
focused on providing the most effective best practices for
company development, and is designed to… Read more…

Join us on May 15th from for a very special evening
reception and fire-side discussion to celebrate the Startup
Canada Awards Prairies Finalists – individuals,
organizations and initiatives that have demonstrated
outstanding impact in advancing entrepreneurship in the
Prairies.

Presented by AcceleratorYYC & Startup Calgary, and hosted by
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, this
special event features an exclusive Wolf Blass Wine Tasting
Reception and a fire side… Read more…

BarCamp is a community-powered unconference, filled with
open events, discussions, and workshops, where the agenda is
collaboratively created and run by the participants rather
than predetermined speakers.

BarCampYYC 2014 will be held on Saturday May 24th from
8:30am – 4:30pm at Mount Royal University, in the Bissett
School of Business/ East B Building First Floor Atrium. The
theme this year is Hackers, Hustlers, and Hipsters!